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Monday, December 14, 2015

The week's most interesting point probably belonged once again to Into the Badlands (1.06), which got its first look at life without The Walking Dead. Though it was down 57% from the previous airing after the TWD finale, 1.06 is still a really good same-day number by today's standards. If it can stay anywhere close to this in the last two episodes, it's gotta be back.

The other big notable here was the competition void created by Dead's departure, which probably helped contribute to sizable spikes for the dramas on the two main premium channels. Homeland hit a new season high 0.63, up 31% week-to-week, and was actually above the penultimate episode from last season. It got renewed alongside The Affair last week, though those didn't seem quite as uncertain as...

...HBO's The Leftovers. It was probably even more significant for that show to hit its own new season high 0.48, and its second straight season high
to end the season. For a show that had really struggled around a 0.3
rating for most of the season, these last couple ratings certainly didn't hurt in HBO's ultimate decision to renew for a third and final season.

FULL TABLE:

Show

Net

This Week

This Season

Ep#

A18-49

Last

Seas

Avg

y2y

Proj

Proj +

Skew

Into the Badlands

AMC

4

1.06

-57%

1

2.24

n/a

1.84

120

60%

American Horror Story

FX

9

1.07

-11%

5

1.66

-21%

1.51

98

66%

South Park

Com

10

1.12

+26%

19

0.89

-18%

0.89

58

77%

Being Mary Jane

BET

9

0.48

-23%

3

0.74

-18%

0.68

44

58%

Girl Meets World

DISN

25

0.45

+0%

2

0.54

-7%

0.54

32

29%

The Librarians

TNT

7

0.54

+2%

2

0.52

-47%

0.48

31

32%

Homeland

SHO

10

0.63

+31%

5

0.47

-11%

0.49

32

42%

Major Crimes

TNT

16

0.42

-18%

4

0.41

-32%

0.40

26

18%

Doctor Who

BBCA

12

0.31

+3%

10

0.36

-14%

0.36

24

48%

Fargo

FX

9

0.37

+6%

2

0.36

-41%

0.36

23

36%

The Royals

E

4

0.31

+29%

2

0.34

-30%

0.35

23

63%

The Leftovers

HBO

10

0.48

+20%

2

0.33

-57%

0.33

22

60%

Z Nation

Syfy

13

0.31

-3%

2

0.33

-32%

0.33

21

48%

The League

FXX

13

0.27

+8%

7

0.29

-2%

0.29

19

82%

Girlfriends' Guide to Divorce

BRAV

2

0.25

-19%

2

0.28

-33%

0.24

15

53%

The Affair

SHO

10

0.25

-7%

2

0.23

+19%

0.23

15

36%

Finding Carter

MTV

22

0.18

+13%

2

0.22

-42%

0.21

14

66%

Agent X

TNT

6

0.20

-13%

1

0.22

n/a

0.21

14

26%

Donny!

USA

5

0.21

+0%

1

0.22

n/a

0.22

14

49%

Satisfaction

USA

8

0.22

+29%

2

0.21

-48%

0.21

14

40%

Haven

Syfy

10

0.21

+40%

6

0.19

-12%

0.18

12

35%

Legends

TNT

5

0.13

-7%

2

0.13

-67%

0.11

7

26%

You're the Worst

FXX

13

0.15

+67%

2

0.13

-56%

0.13

8

74%

Unforgettable

A&E

3

0.13

+44%

4

0.11

-86%

0.12

8

18%

The Walking Dead

AMC

6

6.72

-10%

6.72

438

65%

Fear the Walking Dead

AMC

1

3.88

n/a

3.88

231

65%

True Detective

HBO

2

1.15

+17%

1.15

68

56%

Rick and Morty

ADSM

2

1.00

+57%

1.00

60

64%

The Haves and the Have Nots Summer

OWN

2

0.93

+0%

0.93

55

37%

Pretty Little Liars Summer

ABCF

6

0.89

-7%

0.89

53

56%

Ballers

HBO

1

0.84

n/a

0.84

50

63%

The Last Ship

TNT

2

0.72

-32%

0.72

43

31%

Rizzoli and Isles Summer

TNT

6

0.70

-27%

0.70

42

21%

The Game

BET

9

0.63

-24%

0.63

41

56%

Suits Summer

USA

5

0.61

-21%

0.61

36

35%

Major Crimes Summer

TNT

4

0.60

-29%

0.60

36

18%

The Strain

FX

2

0.60

-41%

0.60

36

57%

Power

STRZ

2

0.57

+78%

0.57

34

57%

Teen Wolf Summer

MTV

5

0.50

-30%

0.50

30

54%

Falling Skies

TNT

5

0.49

-35%

0.49

29

31%

The Fosters Summer

ABCF

3

0.48

-18%

0.48

29

51%

Mr. Robot

USA

1

0.48

n/a

0.48

28

44%

Devious Maids

Life

3

0.46

-24%

0.46

28

44%

The Brink

HBO

1

0.46

n/a

0.46

27

54%

Clipped

TBS

1

0.45

n/a

0.45

26

46%

Ray Donovan

SHO

3

0.44

-15%

0.44

29

41%

The Bastard Executioner

FX

1

0.44

n/a

0.44

29

46%

Humans

AMC

1

0.39

n/a

0.39

23

42%

Awkward

MTV

5

0.38

-26%

0.38

25

66%

Tyrant

FX

2

0.37

-31%

0.37

22

40%

Switched at Birth Summer

ABCF

4

0.37

-33%

0.37

22

55%

Baby Daddy

ABCF

4

0.37

-14%

0.37

22

61%

Melissa and Joey

ABCF

4

0.36

-21%

0.36

22

62%

Complications

USA

1

0.35

n/a

0.35

21

31%

Royal Pains Summer

USA

7

0.35

-35%

0.35

21

31%

Young and Hungry

ABCF

2

0.35

-15%

0.35

21

62%

Scream

MTV

1

0.34

n/a

0.34

20

57%

Stitchers

ABCF

1

0.33

n/a

0.33

20

51%

Murder in the First

TNT

2

0.31

-30%

0.31

19

19%

Proof

TNT

1

0.31

n/a

0.31

19

19%

Hell on Wheels

AMC

5

0.30

-22%

0.30

18

21%

Graceland

USA

3

0.29

-39%

0.29

17

43%

UnREAL

Life

1

0.27

n/a

0.27

16

49%

SexDrugsRockRoll

FX

1

0.26

n/a

0.26

16

54%

Dominion

Syfy

2

0.25

-47%

0.25

15

36%

Chasing Life Summer

ABCF

2

0.25

-49%

0.25

15

48%

Defiance

Syfy

3

0.25

-46%

0.25

15

28%

Dark Matter

Syfy

1

0.24

n/a

0.24

14

30%

Faking It

MTV

2

0.24

-36%

0.24

16

59%

Killjoys

Syfy

1

0.23

n/a

0.23

14

31%

Married

FX

2

0.19

-46%

0.19

11

60%

Playing House

USA

2

0.18

-56%

0.18

11

54%

Halt and Catch Fire

AMC

2

0.16

-35%

0.16

10

39%

Public Morals

TNT

1

0.15

n/a

0.15

9

22%

Masters of Sex

SHO

3

0.13

-48%

0.13

9

29%

Kevin from Work

ABCF

1

0.13

n/a

0.13

8

53%

Becoming Us

ABCF

1

0.11

n/a

0.11

6

46%

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